A ceremonial meeting and concert took place in Tiraspol to mark the 30th anniversary of the Victory in the Patriotic War of the people of Abkhazia 1992-1993 mfaapsny.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mfaapsny.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
is behaving towards the people that russia was calling brothers or even russians. really? i mean, do you think that s the case? because, i mean, if you look at abkhazia, 60% of its budget comes from russia. even more in south ossetia. 90% of people there have russian passports. and i tell you what daur kove, the self styled former foreign minister of abkhazia who stepped down last year, he says, the georgians do not understand one simple thing. we do not need them. yeah, that s the position of the separatist government. but the budget that you were mentioning, russia has just told the separatist governments that they will reduce drastically the budget. they re trying to occupy some lands, which is a question of principle for abkhazians, that they want to own their lands. and those parts of abkhazia that are really independentist, they might not dream of rejoining georgia, but they certainly do not dream any more to rejoin russia. but they may not rejoin georgia, is what you re sayin
and i think that this what has been a question of principle for all georgians to say that s not finished. we know history and things change over history. i think that today, like never, we think that we are entering a different world of geopolitics. i think that in these enclaves, in these separatist regions, the attitude towards russia has changed a lot since the invasion, the aggression in ukraine. looking at the way russia is behaving towards the people that russia was calling brothers or even russians. really? i mean, do you think that s the case? because, i mean, if you look at abkhazia, 60% of its budget comes from russia. even more in south ossetia. 90% of people there have russian passports. and i tell you what daur kove, the self styled former foreign minister of abkhazia,
Belarusian and de-facto Abkhaz officials met in Minsk, Belarus earlier today amidst rumors that Belarus intends to recognise the independence of Abkhazia.